Student Success Statement

           Student Success Statement

             “Success is dependent on effort.”

                -Sophocles, Greek Dramatist

Reflection:

What I think about this quote of the people who wrote it, it’s says the true because if you put effort on studying and doing well in school you are going to be successful in life. And if you don’t put effort then you are not going to be successful in life. People don’t care and they think they can do everything and when they start to suffer they complain.

-Maria R.

How to Take on College Studying (Part 2)

How to Take on College Studying

                                 Part 2

Choose Where to Study

Where you should study depends on two factors: the environment in which you are best able to concentrate and the type of work you are planning to do.

v The best places to study have good light, a comfortable temperature and enough desk space-usually your dorm room, your apartment or the library.

v For completing problem sets or brainstorming possible test questions, you may want to study with a group or at least in a setting where fellow students are available for discussion.

v When you are reading book chapters or working on a research paper you are probably better off in a social environment.

Improve Your Study Habits

Here are simple steps you can take to help you get a handle on studying:

v Have a routine for where and when you study.

v Choose reasonable and specific goals that you can accomplish for each study session.

v Do things that are harder or require more intense thought at your most productive time of the day.

v Take breaks if you need them so you don’t waste time looking at material but not absorbing it.

v Get to know students whom you respect and can study with or contact to ask questions.

v Keep up with the workload and seek help when you need it.

                Choose The Right!!!

                        Six Steps to Smart Studying

 

 

Jenna Huff Summary

 

“Summary of Jenna Huff Wins Extreme “Sportsmanship” award from U.S. Olympic

Committee”

Summary:

What I think about Jenna Huff is that she did and showed the right thing to do. She didn’t take advantage of the other girl who got injured. She helped her to get to the finish line. There are not a lot people who help others. She is setting an example to everyone because she choice the right thing to do. She deserves to win an award of Sportsmanship from the U.S. Olympic Committee.

-Maria R.  

  

 

 

 

 

Hoe to Take on College Studying (Part1)

How to Take on College Studying

http://www.collegeboard.com/student/plan/college-success/961.html

                                                  Part 1

Develop Good Study Habits

In college, you’ll need to build on the study skills that you learned in high school. The demands of a college class are probably more rigorous than those you are used to.

You can succeed by knowing what to expect and how to handle it. Think of college as a full-time job, in which you spend 40 hours a week on class, labs, study groups and doing homework.

Being organized and using your time well are essential. Learn more about time management, and use the guidelines below to develop your study skills.

Decide When to Study

Work out about how many hours you need to study every day. Then make a schedule.

v Figure out what blocks of time you have available throughout the day, in the evenings and on weekends.

v Consider what time of the day you are most alert-there are morning people and night owls-and try to schedule your studying accordingly.

v Think about whether you do better studying for a few hours at a time or sitting down for marathon sessions.

       Choose The Right!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

             “Choosing the right is always

                   the right thing to do.”

                         -Alex Linares

Reflection:

What I think about this quote of Alex Linares is that he is right. If we always choose the right we are making good decision that it will benefit us and the people around us. We don’t hurt anyone and we are going through the right path or direction. When we choose the wrong we bad decisions and we are not doing the right thing.

-Maria R.

10 Times Management Tips for Students (Tips 5-10)

   10 Times Management Tips for Students

                                  Tips 5-10

Tip 5. Review Your Notes Every Day.

Reviewing helps you reinforce what you’ve learned, so you need less time to study before a test. You’ll also be ready if you get called on in class or have to take a pop quiz.

Tip 6. Get a Good Night’s Sleep.

Your brain needs rest to perform at its peak. Lack of sleep makes the day seem longer and your tasks seem more difficult.

Tip 7. Communicate Your Schedule to Others.  

If phone cells or text messages are proving to be a distraction, tell your friends that you are only available at certain times of the day and not to expect a response at other times.

Tip 8. Become a Taskmaster.

Give yourself a time budget and plan your activities accordingly. Figure out how much free time you have each week before you add any commitments.

Tip 9. Don’t Waste Time Agonizing.

Instead of agonizing and procrastinating, just do it. Wasting an entire evening worrying about something that you’re supposed to be doing is not productive, and can increase your stress.

Tip 10. Determine Your Priorities.

You can’t do everything at once. Establish the importance of each item. Then set realistic goals that are attainable.

       Choose The Right!!!

 

Student Success Statement

          Student Success Statement

        “It’s better to be alone than to be

                      in bad company.”

                               -Anon  

Reflection:

What I think about this quote of Anon is that he/ she are right because if we are alone we don’t do bad things and not get involved into bad situations/problems. If we are with friends and they are doing wrong things or things they should be doing we are having friends with bad influences. For example if friends are drinking you shouldn’t try it and leave be alone then have bad company.

-Maria R.

10 Times Management Tips for Students

10 Times Management Tips for Students

http://www.collegeboard.com/student/plan/college-success/116.html

                                   Tips 1-4

Organizing Your Life
Managing your time well is an important element of success-especially if you’re student. If you set priorities that fit your needs and lifestyle, you’ll have a better chance of achieving your goals. Here are some tips for taking control of your time and organizing your life.

Tip 1. Make a To-Do List Every Day.
Put things that are most important at the top and do them first. And don’t forget to reward yourself for your accomplishments.

Tips 2. Use Spare Minutes Wisely.

When you’re commuting on the bus or train, use the time to get some reading done.

Tip 3. It’s Okay to Say No.

If your friend asks you to go to a movie on a Thursday night and you have an exam the next morning, realize that it’s okay to say no. Keep your short-and long-term priorities in mind.

Tip 4. Find the Right Time.

You’ll work more efficiently if you figure out when you do your best work. For example, if your brain handles math better in the afternoon, don’t wait to do it until late at night.

         Choose The Right!!!

  

  

 

Tips from College Students

     Tips From College Students

Tips for High School Students to Prepare For College

1. Be prepared to do a lot of reading in college.
2. Learn time management: use a calendar and plan how to use your time. Learn to manage your time while still in high school, keep a calendar of all exams and paper due dates.
3. One of the biggest transitions between high school and college is development of time management skill- students must learn to balance school and social life.
4. Be prepared to discipline yourself, as the temptation to slack could be great. If you miss 4-5 classes in a semester, you may not make it through the semester successfully.
5. Being sick affects your ability to be a student and remember that community living contributes to the cols/flu season.
6. Learn to read-summarize and outline reading.
7. Learn to take notes in class.
8. Learn to study.
9. Start the college and scholarship search as early as possible.
10. Take as many science, math, English, and foreign language courses as you can: they build a foundation for college.
11. Participate in volunteer and community service programs. It helps with scholarships!
12. Take advantage of the advanced classes offered in high school.
13. Think about what characteristics in a university are of most importance to you (climate, environment, degrees offered, size, location, etc.) before making a final decision about attending college. Visit them if possible.

Advice from University of Portland Students

1. “I think the most important thing to let high school students know is not to overlook anything. When I was in high school I often asked myself, “Why do I need to know this?” then if I didn’t think it was pertinent, I wouldn’t bother to study it. But in college, all those seemingly unneeded tools come together in the real life (e.g.: finding an intersection of those two lines in algebra is later important in cost/revenue calculations). In the way of classes learning to read and write well is very important. The focus should be on the format and clarifying ideas in writing, and being able to pick out the important parts of writing (the testable facts). Volunteering and joining clubs are important to get into the college of your choice.”
“I’d advise the students to take as much math as they can in high school and to take as many classes as they can in the field that they’re interested in. for example, if you are…

 

 

Student Success Statement

           Student Success Statement

           “Improvement begins with I.”

                                 -Anon

Reflection:

What I think about this quote that everything has to do with us. If we want someone else to change we have to start first. For example we want a person to stop doing bad actions. We have to set an example and helped them to change. Be above the line and improve to make good decisions.

-Maria R.

 

7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens (Habit 7) (Part 2)

   7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens

                                    Habit 7

                                              Part 2

Habit 7: Sharpen the saw

3) Heart: Always do what is right so your heart, your conscience, will feel peaceful. When you do wrong, your conscience will prick you and create regretful sensations within tour heart. When you do what you honestly feel, you won’t have any regrets. Your heart is your internal compass-it gives you direction and discernment. Just like a magnetic compass give directions, even true north, your personal compass, your heart, will point you in the true north, the exact directions and paths you need to trod.
4) Soul: Study scriptures and other sacred literature daily. In other words, feed your spirit because your spirit needs spiritual food just like your physical body needs temporal food to survive. Pondering, meditating and reflecting are excellent Soul-sharpening activities. Try writing your thoughts, feelings, aspirations, concerns, and decisions in a diary or journal. Writing helps you focus and make good decisions.
Get into the habit of daily improving your body (physical fitness), your mind, your heart, and your soul.

    CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!!

 

Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

             “Do what is right and let the

                 consequences follow"

                        -Anon

Reflection:

What I think about this quote of Anon is that if we do what is right instead of consequences there will be a reward. When we do what is right we are above the line. If we do wrong things then we are below the line. We can hurt people without noticing. Choose the right because your decisions will determine your destine for good or bad.

-Maria R.

Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

             “Do what is right and let the

                 consequences follow"

                        -Anon

Reflection:

What I think about this quote of Anon is that if we do what is right instead of consequences there will be a reward. When we do what is right we are above the line. If we do wrong things then we are below the line. We can hurt people without noticing. Choose the right because your decisions will determine your destine for good or bad.

-Maria R.

7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens (Habit 7) (Part 1)

7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens

                              Habit 7

                                 Part 1

Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw

Teens should never get too busy living to take time to renew themselves. When teens “sharpen the saw” they are keeping their personal self-sharp so that they can better deal with life. It means regularly renewing and strengthening the four key dimensions of life-body, mind, heart, and soul

1) Body. Eat wholesome foods, fruits, vegetables, legumes. Avoid illegal drugs, smoking, alcohol, tobacco products, tattooing. Exercise regularly and effectively. Get plenty of rest at night. Get to bed early at night and get up early each morning. “Early to bed early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.”
2) Mind. Think positively. Read. Study. Think. Analyze. Seek to read a good book each month. Then each week. Ask intelligent questions. Observe. Develop your mind through positive “self-talk.”

            Choose The Right!!!    

Student Success Statement

          Student Success Statement

    “Alone we can do so little; together

           we can do so much.”

                        -Helen Keller

Reflection:

What I think about this quote of Helen Keller is that if we do our work alone we are going to be fooling around and we aren’t going to be able to do our work and if we do it with other people we are going to be able to do it because the other person wants to get a good grade and will be telling you to do it and hurry up. Like they say two brains work better than one brain. Choose the right and work together to accomplish your things that you have to do.

-Maria R.

 

7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens (Habit 6)

    7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens

                                      Habit 6

Habit 6: Synergize

Synergize is achieved when two or more people work together to create something better than either could alone. Through this habit, teens learn it doesn’t have to be “your way” or “my way” but rather a better way, a higher way. Synergy allows teens to value differences and better appreciate others. Synergy is the reward, the delicious fruit you’ll taste as you get better at living the other habits, especially at thinking Win-Win and seeking first to understand. Learning to synergize is like learning to form V formations with others instead of trying to fly through life solo. You’ll be amazed at how much faster and farther you’ll go. Synergy doesn’t just happen. It’s a process. You have to get there. And the foundation of getting there is this: Learn to celebrate differences.
A good band is a great example of synergy. It’s not just the drums, or their guitar, or the sax, or the vocalist, it’s all of them together that make up the “sound”. Each band member brings his or her strengths to the table to create something better than each could alone. No instrument is more important than another, just different.

          Choose The Right!!!  

Student Success Statement

   Student Success Statement

      “So often, in our quest to be more popular and to be part of the “in-group,” we lose sight of things that are far more important.”

                          -Sean Covey

Reflection:

What I think about this quote of Sean Covey is true because we start to hang out with bad influences and we start to do things that are not good for us and the people around us. Once you try something then you are going to do it again and again. You will get addictive to it and you will lose your sight. You won’t care about nothing more and not going to be a successful person. For example, if you start to drink with your friend then you will lose your sight and not know anything and bad things can happen to you. Choose the right and don’t lose your sight!

-Maria R.

7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens (Habit 5)

   

    7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens

                                 Habit 5

5. Seek First to Understand, and then to be Understood

Because most people don’t listen very well, one of the great frustrations in life is that many don’t feel understood. This habit will ensure your teen learns the most important communication skill there is: active learning.

Why is this habit the key to communication? It’s because the deepest need of the human heart is to be understood. Everyone wants to be respected and valued for who they are-a unique, one-of-a-kind, never-to-be-cloned individual. People won’t expose their soft middles unless they feel genuine love and understanding. Once they feel it, however, they will tell you more than you may want to hear. People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.

Listen with your eyes, heart, and ears. 7 percent of communication is contained in the words we use. The rest comes from body language (53 percent) and how we say words, or the tone feeling reflected in our voice (40 percent).

Most people are eager to talk and had rather talk than listen. We have one mouth and two ears. This means we should listen twice as much as we talk. We actually learn more while listening rather than when we talk. Learn to listen and listen to learn.

Listen, really listen, for understanding.

Seek first to understand then to be understood-LISTEN.

           Choose The Right!!!

 

      

7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens (Habit 4)

    7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens

                               Habit 4

4. Think Win-Win

Teens can learn to foster the belief that it is possible to create an atmosphere of Win-Win in every relationship. This habit encourages the idea that in any given discussion or situation both parties can arrive at a manually beneficial solution. Your teens will learn to celebrate the accomplishments of others instead of being threatened by them. Win-Win is a belief that everyone can win. It’s both nice and tough all at once. I won’t step on you, but I won’t be your doormat either. You care about other people and you want them to succeed. But you also care about yourself, and you want to succeed as well. Win-Win is abundant. It is the belief that there’s plenty if success to go around. It’s not either you or me. It’s both of us. It’s not a matter of who gets the biggest piece of the pie. There’s more than enough food for everyone. It’s an all-you-can-eat buffet.

Win-win always creates more. Perhaps the most surprising benefit of thinking Win-Win is the good feelings it brings on. The true test of whether or not you are thinking Win-Win or one of the alternatives is how you feel. Win-Lose and Lose-Win thinking will cloud your judgment and fill you with negative feelings.

Win-Win will fill your heart with happy and serene thoughts. It will give you confidence even if you with light. Think Win-Win or no deal.

Choose The Right!!!

7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens (Habit 3)

   7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens

                                      Habit 3   

Habit 3: Put First Things First

Habit three is about Will and Will Not power. This habit helps teens prioritize and manage their time so that they focus on and complete the most important things in their lives. Putting first things first also means learning to overcome fears and being strong during difficult times. It’s living life according to what matters most. Putting first things first deal with things that are:
Important or not important, urgent or nor urgent. Let’s look at the four quadrants of time management.
Quadrant 1: Things that are Important and Urgent
Quadrant 2: Things that are Important but not Urgent
Quadrant 3: Things that are Not Important but are Urgent
Quadrant 4: Things that are not Important and Not Urgent

1. Important & Urgent	2. Important nut not Urgent
3. Not Important but are Urgent	4. Not Important and Not Urgent

 Quadrant 2 is the ideal place to spend our time, doing things that are important but not urgent. Here’s where priorities come into play. The results for living Quadrant 2 are:

1. Control of your life
2. Balance
3. High performance

So, in what quadrant are you spending most of your time? The key is to shift as much time as possible into Quadrant 2 and this is accomplished by planning. Spend more time planning and incorporating the most important things first, things that matter most. Keep your eyes on the prize and reach for it.

Choose The Right!!!

 

                                           

  

Student Success Statement

       Student Success Statement

“The only difference between those who have failed and those who have succeeded lies in the difference of their habits. Good habits are the key to all success. Bad habits are the unlocked door to failure. Thus, the first law I will obey, which precedeth all others is- ‘I will form good habits and become their slaves.’”

                            -Og Mandino

Reflection:
What I think about this quote of Og Mandino is that if we have and make good habits we will succeed in life. We will be able to accomplish our goals, dreams and help other to succeed like us, but if we make and do bad habits the doors are going to unlock and we will be failures because we want to take the easy path and not the long one which is more secure. For example people who do drugs are making bad habits because they are getting hurt and they are not going to be successful in life. Always obey so you could become successful and not be a slave.
-Maria R.

7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens (Habit 2)

    7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens

                              Habit 2

Habit 2: Begin With the End in Mind

If teens aren’t clear about where they want to end up in life, about their values, goals, and what they stand for, they will wander, waste time, and be tossed to and fro by the opinions of others. Help your teen create a personal mission statement which will act as a road map and direct and guide his decisions-making process.
“Keep your eyes on the prize.” Determine your desired prize and don’t quit until you have realized the achievement of your prize. Then set another prize, another goal or desire that you would really like to achieve. Begin with the achievement of your prize in mind. Visualize and then realize. Start by having a target in mind; know where you are going.
One prize or goal you definitely need to establish for yourself is the prize of an honorable graduation from high school- that you will receive your diploma honestly and with integrity- that you earned it with perfect honesty.
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Student Success Statement

          Student Success Statement

   “Whether I fail or succeed shall be no man’s doing but my own. I am the force.”

                      -Elaine Maxwell

Reflection:

What I think about this quote of Elaine Maxwell is that nobody can forced us to do anything without us not wanting to. Because you should make your own decisions and know what is right and what is wrong. People who are choosing the wrong may want to force you to do things that are not good make good decisions because it can later affect you or reward you.

-Maria R.